Will Kevin Willard get a standing O in his first game at the Rock next season?

[SHUHoopsFan]

X finished tied for 7 with St Johns. Stop trying to say they were a good team and the did not make the tournament. Best win was Creighton but you obviously don’t know basketball if you think that team performed well. They didn’t. Are you saying that Willard didn’t take the job with Maryland way before the season ended? That was the worst kept secret. He took a job with Maryland before the season ended.

That’s a real class act.

You do realize everyone and their mother knew Sha was coming here while his season was still going on right? One's a class act, the other isn't?

Creighton, @ Creighton without Kadary was by far the best win. Xavier was NIT Champs that year, don't you love NIT Champs? Or can we finally admit NIT Champs isn't a good year? You're talking like X was a 4 win team, they weren't a terrible team.

 

[cernjSHU]

You do realize everyone and their mother knew Sha was coming here while his season was still going on right? One's a class act, the other isn't?

Creighton, @ Creighton without Kadary was by far the best win. Xavier was NIT Champs that year, don't you love NIT Champs? Or can we finally admit NIT Champs isn't a good year? You're talking like X was a 4 win team, they weren't a terrible team.

Are you trying to equate an 11 big east win team in Seton Hall that should have made the Tourny with a 7 win Big East team? You are making yourself look ridiculous.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Are you trying to equate an 11 big east win team in Seton Hall that should have made the Tourny with a 7 win Big East team? You are making yourself look ridiculous.

That X team had to face 6 tournament teams twice. The SHU team had to face 3 tournament teams twice. Talk about ridiculous. Much easier road to 11 wins when you only have 3 tournament teams in the conference. I figured someone who knows basketball like you, would know that. An idiot like me might think it's the same, but genius like you would be all over that. Fact check yourself on X's big east wins. So 6 more games vs NCAA tournament teams for X that year, and only 3 less Big east wins.

 

[LBP43]

Sorry, no one here has the right to complain about the guy who pulled the program out of the depths of despair with as little resources of any P5 job in the nation. The disrespect the Seton Hall fanbase showed Willard while he was here, and continue to display after his departure will never cease to amaze me. What Kevin Willard did at Seton Hall was nothing short of miraculous. Willard ran a respectable program that was in Big East and NCAA Tournament contention almost every single season once he pulled the program out of the Gonzo fiasco. Seton Hall has 0 resources. Prior to the $50 million practice facility-which is indeed gorgeous- Seton Hall had a weight room and practice set-up that was worse than many top high schools in NJ. Embarrassing! Yes, the new facility is great and everyone that donated to it is awesome, but it's also 15 years too late! Big programs had these facilities up and running 20-25 years ago!

Look at what happened to the program after Willard left. This guy did everything he could to hold this program together. So many fans here are so ungrateful. For Power 5 conferences, Seton Hall is one of the worst jobs in America for a head coach. We are lucky that Willard stayed for 12 years and that he groomed a Seton Hall alumnus to take over. If you aren't from Seton Hall, why in the world would you coach here? I love Seton Hall and its basketball program and it pains me to see the state of this program. Willard was fantastic because under his leadership, Seton Hall was always the little train that could! We always punched above our weight.

I am tired of the spin from Seton Hall and a section of the fanbase. The resources have always been WAY below the average standard for a P5 school. Seton Hall likes to puff out their chest like we are some basketball school. The truth is the actions of the school and donor base do not match this at all. Seton Hall has been blessed to have a couple of very good coaches in its history, and Willard is one of them.

If it weren't for Willard, there's a decent chance Seton Hall would've become just like DePaul did. Think about that the next time you criticize the man! Look at what Jay Wright and other coaches have to say about him! He's respected nationwide and gets universal praise for the incredible job he did at SHU!

I always appreciated KW matching donations --much respect